High dose of caffeine administered to pregnant rats causes histopathological changes in the cornea of newborn pups

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Evereklioglu, Cem ^a,c   Sari, Ibrahim ^b   Alasehirli, Belgin ^b   Güldür, Emin ^b   Cengiz, Beyhan ^b   Balat, Özcan ^b   Bagci, Cahit ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Cornea; Neonatal rats; Teratology

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

AGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; STROMA CELL; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAFFEINE; CORNEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0038171193     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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